Improvement in loom-temples



J. B, .STAMIOUR.

Loom-Temple.

7 No. 209,101. Patented Oct. 15,1878.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' JOHN B. STAMOUR, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEM ENT IN LOOM-TEMPLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 209,101, dated October15, 1878; application filed July 18, 1878.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JOHN B. STAMoUR, of thecity and county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Loom Temples, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side view, partly in section, of thetemple embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a top view thereof. Fig. 3 is afront view, partly in section, thereof.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts in theseveral figures.

My invention consists in certain improvements in loom-temples, ashereinafter more fully set forth.

Referring to the drawings, in which the temple is shown held back, Arepresents the frame or support of the temple, which is formed of twoparts, a a, the part to having a slot, 1), extending horizontally andlongitudinally, and the part a carrying the arm B, and having verticalslots d, said arm B supporting the temple-roller 0. Through the slots 1)01 there are passed bolts 0, whose heads 6 rest in recesses on the sideof the part a, the shoulders f of said recesses preventing rotation ofthe bolts.

a are serrated, for increasing the hold of said parts against eachother.

From the part av of the frame A there depends the plate E, by which thetemple is attached to the beam, said plate being slotted, and extendingtransversely or at a right angle to the longitudinal direction of thearm B.

It will be seen that by means of the plate E, as arranged, the templemaybe readily adjusted relatively to different widths of iabric.

The striking-plate D is formed with side flanges, g, which embrace theportion g of the arm B adjacent to the temple-roller, said portion beingflattened or widened, and having passed through it a bolt, h, whichenters a slot, j, extending longitudinally in the plate D, by means ofwhich said plate may be adjusted relatively to the beats of the lay,and, owingto the bolt h and flanges g, the accidental shifting of theplate is prevented. It will be not-iced that the portion g occupies aposition centrally of the arm B, whereby the lay is caused to strike theplate directly ahead without liability of side blows.

1n the arm B there is an opening, 7;, which is so located that when saidarm is set back, in order to render the temple inoperative, a pin, I,inserted in the opening will rest against the cross-bar or piece m ofthe boss or guide of the arm B and hold back the arm, whereby thestriking-plate D is free from contact with the lay.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The horizontally-slotted plate 0, having depending slot-ted plate E,incombination with the plate at, having vertical slots (1, and the slottedstriking-plate D, substantially as described, and for the purpose setforth.

J. B. STAMOUR.

Witnesses JOHN A. Wrnnnnsnnnu, H. E. GARSED.

